Holiday Greetings From Capitol Hill

By

Allison Prang

Dec 9, 2013 4:35 pm ET

House members can now include a “simple” holiday greeting to constituents in their official communications, thanks to a policy change adopted last week by the Franking Commission, which sets rules for lawmakers’ official mailings.

Rep. Candice Miller (R., Mich.), chairman of the Committee on House Administration and the Franking Commission, called the change a “new commonsense policy” that lets members share “holiday wishes with constituents in otherwise official communications,” she said in a written statement. “I feel it is entirely appropriate for members of Congress to include a simple holiday salutation, whether it is Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and so on” in constituent communications that are paid for with taxpayer dollars.

Still banned: Holiday cards. Members must send those on their own dollar…

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